'These new documents raise serious questions about whether the White House is willing to place the potential profits of the President's friends above the national security of the American people,' the report says.
The majority report said the documents show contacts between IP3, a consortium of private firms pressing for a Saudi nuclear power plan, and senior members of the Trump administration"were more frequent, wide-ranging, and influential than previously known — and continue to the present day."
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have previously urged the administration not to ease limits on Saudi Arabia's planned nuclear program. The GOP's minority report says the"evidence before the Committee simply does not substantiate the allegations levied against the Trump administration."Although IP3’s ambitious plan never came to fruition, the consortium’s access raised worrisome questions about how the Trump administration appeared wide open to lobbying by commercial interests and foreign governments, the report said.
The report said documents indicate"IP3 officials have had unprecedented access to the highest levels of the Trump administration," including meetings with the president, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, top advisers and cabinet secretaries including Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. IP3 described the Trump administration as"an extended team member," it said.
On Dec. 26, 2016, according to the report, Hewitt emailed that a trip to Saudi Arabia had been successful and added:"We have the Trump administration in full support of our plan."
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